Renewable sites › Fferm Bryn Bachau
Fferm Bryn Bachau
Fferm Bryn Bachau is an operational 4.4 MW solar farm in Gwynedd, generating since 29 March 2016. Planning permission was granted on 30 September 2015, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: BNRG Renewables.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 23 July 2015 |
| Permission granted | 30 September 2015 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 29 March 2016 6 months after consent |
Screening a site of your own?
Gwynedd approves 82% of solar farms. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
Arrives prefilled with Fferm Bryn Bachau’s recorded coordinate — swap in your own postcode or coordinates.
Gwynedd’s record on solar
Gwynedd has decided 11 solar farms and approved 82%, taking a median of 3.6 months. See every solar farm decision in Gwynedd →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.8 | 3.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 9.8 km |
How big is Fferm Bryn Bachau?
Fferm Bryn Bachau has a recorded installed capacity of 4.4 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Fferm Bryn Bachau?
REPD records the operator as BNRG Renewables. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Fferm Bryn Bachau approved and built?
The application was submitted on 23 July 2015. Permission was granted on 30 September 2015, 2 months later. The site became operational on 29 March 2016, 6 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 5190.
Novarly Parcel · official public data, read properly · parcel.novarly.com
All sites · Screen your own site · Planning by council · Coal mining search by postcode